Looks like WW's commentary sparked a whole commentary fest! That's great - a huge advantage to playing a tournament with people who are much better than me.
Game 1: Not having played a ton of Hinterlands, I wasn't really aware of how Silk Road would compare to Gardens in such a game, which is why I started with Gardens. I suppose I could have realized it considering what a fast game it would be, but I'll blame the first-match-jitters. Most interesting was WW's comment about my not playing the Inn - I can't really explain why I did that. Probably since, with three Ironworks in hand, I wanted to be able to play two of them for Gardens. Regardless, I can see how this was likely a mistake.
Game 2: I did have a bit of bad chapel luck at the start, but my luck the rest of the game was nothing to complain about. My big lesson from this (and game 7) was that Swindler is better than I think. I tried to pick one up later in the game to do some damage control, but by then it was too late (and of course it got swindled, making it way too late).
Game 3: Fools Gold is one of the few Hinterlands cards that I have some experience with. Like Anon79 said, with Steward and Remodel, I thought this strategy had a chance of being fast enough. Curious: If you were planning on going some BM variant, how come you didn't take a gold or two before starting on the Harems?
Game 4: This game was a convincing argument in Merchant Ship's favour. I was trying to go some sort of Festival Rabble, but it was obviously too slow, and also, Lighthouse.
Game 5: This was a cool game with lots going on. I thought Tactician was going to be good here, considering there was so much virtual money in the form of Black Market and Horse Traders. I have to apologize for that last Province buy - I thought I was ahead, but I wasn't super confident, so I just bought it. WW was a very good sport about my bad counting.
Game 6: Can you tell me why the Tribute was going to be strong here? I have to admit that I just picked mine up for lack of a better 5 cost.
Game 7: As WW rather tactfully put, I didn't play very well here. Very interesting Swindler comment, that there's something bad at all price levels. That's not something I've ever thought about but it seems like an obvious thing to consider when you're deciding whether to buy Swindler. Cool, I learned something!
Again, thanks to WW for the fun games and thoughtful commentary.
She buys the Inn
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